Mandela grandson investigated for gun law violation - police

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - One of Nelson Mandela's grandsons is being investigated on suspicion of pointing a gun at another man during an argument, South African police said on Wednesday.

The grandson, Mandla Mandela, has not been arrested, police said in a statement, without releasing further details.

Freddy Pilusa, a spokesman for Mandla, was quoted as telling financial daily Business Day that the incident never happened and the accusation was "pure fabrication".

Anti-apartheid leader and former president Nelson Mandela, 95, spent nearly three months in hospital this year for a lung infection that left him in critical condition. He has been receiving care at his Johannesburg home since early September.

Mandla Mandela, 39, hit the headlines this year when a judge ordered him to return the remains of three of Nelson Mandela's children - including those of his father - from a memorial center dedicated to his grandfather where he had moved them two years ago.

Mandla had been sued by more than a dozen of Mandela's relatives who wanted the remains returned. Mandla said as the local head of the family, it was within his rights to bury the remains on his property.